70 PENTAND. MONOG. 



rivers and groves about Glasg. as banks of the Clyde at Clyde 

 works, Daldowie, Bothwell and Hamilton. Banks of the Calder 

 abundantly, Hopk., who says that this species and the purple 

 flowered var. of S. offic. are by far the most frequent in the environs 

 of Glasg. Cliesh, Mr. Arnott. Shady woods and river banks, fre- 

 quent, D. Don. Fl. July. I/. . 



Much like the last, but simple, or only very slightly branched above. 

 Upper leaves, from which the peduncles spring, generally in pairs, 

 large, ovato-lanceolate, a little decurrent j whereas those of S. offic. 

 are very narrow and running down into winged appendages to the 

 stem. 



7. BORAGO. 



1 . B. officmalls (common Borage) , lower leaves obovate atte- 

 nuate at the base, segments of the cor. ovate acute spreading. 

 E. B. t. 36. 



HAB. Scarcely an aboriginal native of Britain. Road-sides and among 

 rubbish, as at Burntisland, Maugh. About Glasg., but generally 

 near gardens, Hopk. Fl. June, July. < 



Whole plant very hispid. Radical leaves ovate or obovate, petiolate. 

 Stem leaves petiolate and eared at the base, superior ones sessile. 

 Cor. large, brilliant blue. 



8. ASPERUGO. 



1. A. procumlens (German Madwort}. Light f. p. 135. E. B. 

 t. 661, 



HAB. Waste places, but not common. By the church at Dunbar, 

 Light/. (I found it in 1808 plentifully among the ruins of the 

 castle at Dunbar.) Guillon Links, Mr. Arnott and Mr. Stewart. 

 FL June, July. O 



Stems procumbent, angular, rough with short hooked prickles. Leaves 

 oblongo-lanceolate, solitary, or opposite, or 3 or 4 nearly from the 

 same point of the stem, lower ones petiolate, all rough and slightly 

 hispid. Flowers blue, axillary, solitary. Peduncles short, at first 

 erect, then curved downward. Cal. small, much enlarged in fruit. 



9. LYCOPSIS. 



1. L. arvensls (small Bugloss), leaves lanceolate repando-den- 

 ticulate very hispid, cal. erect while in flower. Lightf. p. 135. 

 E. B. t. 938. 



HAB. Com-fields and hedge -banks, common. FL June, July. 0. 



Whole plant very hispid, hairs or bristles seated on a white callous 

 bulb. Lower leaves lengthened into a petiole ; upper ones sessile 

 semiamplexicaul. Racemes leafy. Flowers bright blue. Differing 

 from Anchusa only in the curvature of its tube. 



10. ECHIUM. 



1. E. vulgare (common Viper's Bug loss), stem herbaceous simple 

 hispid with tubercles, leaves linear-lanceolate hispid, flowers in 

 lateral spikes, stamens longer than the cor. Light/', p. 136. 

 E.B.t. 181. 



